All original from what i know. The odometer is frozen up at 9600, which seems common on these old Toyota's. Its got a 3RC with a Toyoglide 2 speed on the floor. The transmission doesn't leak at all, but doesn't seem to like being in low gear very much. Not sure if there are adjustments on this? The engine does not run very well which i am 95% sure is because the distributor is not advancing properly. As well as not running right its leaking oil pretty good too. Should be a fun little project.

This thing has been really fun just cruising around town and what not, getting a lot of attention and questions. I hope that i can daily drive this little beast and eventually upgrade the engine/tranny to something with around 150-200hp.

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The timing does not work properly which i determined to be the vacuum advance. I took the vacuum line off from the carb to the distributor and found a nail that was shoved up inside the tubing to block the airflow. It was all hooked up and looked as if the vacuum advance would be working just fine.

Now answer me this. Why would anyone ever block the vacuum line to their
vacuum advance on their distributor?

Here are some more pictures for you guys (i know moominsean will appreciate the pics our cars are basically twins)

Havent posted on this thread for a few years. car has sat for quite some time with with the old tranny and engine sitting on the ground in the garage. I found that a couple of the bolts on the intake manifold had started backing out, creating a large intake leak. No vacuum on the carb or the distributor advance. assume this engine got hot but ran great so could just need resealed.

Engine:I have acquired a new engine for it, a 20r/22r hybrid. Domed early pistons, dual row chain with a weber 32/36 on top. Also came with thorley header from a 4x4 pickup, looks promising that it will fit. Should be a pretty reliable setup once running. Got a holley inline fuel pump as well as a regulator which i can just suck fuel up with to the carb. Vacuum advance combined with mechanical advance make the ignition system really simple.

Here are the first couple obstacles i have ran into. -A40d transmission is too long/big to comfortably fit in the transmission tunnel of the rt52. Going to now convert over to a manual, will need pedals and master cylinder converted, as well as clutch line ran.

-stock motor mounts for the 3rc are same bolting pattern as the 22r in a pickup truck. using a 4x4 truck mounting bracket the mounts are too wide for where it sits. Was hoping maybe another platform toyota that used a r engine might have narrower mounts that bolt onto the engine block. I will attach a few photos so you can see what im talking about.

-carb setup/air filter might be too tall for the hood, will deal with this down the road. side drafts?

I currently have the brackets out of a 4x4 truck mounted on the engine. The mounts that i want to use are the stock 3r rt52 mounts. the 4x4 brackets make the current setup too wide by approximately 1".

the current setup with a 2wd 22r pan seems that its going to clearance the steering linkage in the back and clear the front subframe just fine.

what i was hoping to find was that corona or celica motor mount brackets(part on engine block) would be a little narrower than the truck chassis brackets.

my current thought is to make my own poly urethane mounts that are about 1/2 as tall as the original 3r rt52 mounts, this is a lot of work if some brackets more or less will bolt in.